I think PCF has lost its objectivity. absolutely no mention in the last few mags of any AMD boards exept a few tiny adverts.
so tell me how much intel is paying you guys...
You're alll busy running around punting intel compatibles. and its not just this mag but like 3 others by different publishers. even incredible corruption is hopping on this bandwagon.
can we please have some objectivity?
intel boards are damn expensive and not all you seem to think they are... HOW about a fair comparison against AMD. Not ALL of us want intel processors.
I agree with Vexo. Although, I've ONLY bought AMD chips and boards in the last couple years, and they've been great. A monopoly ANYWHERE in ANYTHING is a bad idea...I'm guessing the reason Intel got their A$$ into gear was because AMD was starting to gain a large market share...I could, of course, be wrong.
Here you will get enough info to lull you into the false sense of security that you were right to go AMD and that you indeed have the best value for money, most omnipotent system on the planet... here Intel doesn't exist and C2D is but a story told to scare unruly employees to get them to conform...
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Core 2 is kicking bottom and everybody whats to get one.
AMD has not done anything special in a long time.
I don't want core 2 for one, i hate intel, and as i have said countless times AMD isstill cheaper... not all of us have been born with large bank balances... and even if i did want an intel, i cant affrod one...
wait lets see Intel has released how many new products? Intel have how many new motherboards supporting said products? How long have said products been out for? oh and just to throw a final nail in the coffin AMD have not released anything "new" nor have there been any new motherboard breakthrough's with AMD's. So to sum it all up there is nothing new for PCF to write about AMD its all been said and dusted. However with Intel there are still many a thing to write about.
One last question, are you going to complain when AMD release there barcelona core in Q3 that there are not enough Intel products being marketed? Thought not
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Anakha56 wrote:wait lets see Intel has released how many new products? Intel have how many new motherboards supporting said products? How long have said products been out for? oh and just to throw a final nail in the coffin AMD have not released anything "new" nor have there been any new motherboard breakthrough's with AMD's. So to sum it all up there is nothing new for PCF to write about AMD its all been said and dusted. However with Intel there are still many a thing to write about.
One last question, are you going to complain when AMD release there barcelona core in Q3 that there are not enough Intel products being marketed? Thought not
all i'm asking for is a fair comparrison, between the intel and AMD stuff out at the moment.
as i've said, you've all missed the point, there are plenty of amd boards around and new ones keep being released... but not a single review...
i hardly call the current array of intel tech out, brand spanking new. it may be more recent than AMD but its hardly new...
and slasher, considering you don't read the mag, why the hell do you care, and what are you doing in the mag section of this forum therefore...
now all of you go play in the intel vs AMD thread and harass AMD fans there...
I'm in on that.
I'm also interested in what AMD is doing at the moment.
I'm interested and I've never used AMD in my life. I'm an Intel fanboy, but I'll switch to AMD if I should.
I also want some general stratagies as to what AMD is going to do to combat Intel, so on so on.
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M1ke wrote:I'm in on that.
I'm also interested in what AMD is doing at the moment.
I'm interested and I've never used AMD in my life. I'm an Intel fanboy, but I'll switch to AMD if I should.
I also want some general stratagies as to what AMD is going to do to combat Intel, so on so on.
Sorry but AMD is boring at the moment... Wait until next gen is released. The biggest thing to happen in terms of hardware releases lately from AMD is the AMD 690G chipset which features integrated graphics and HDMI outputs. Hardly exciting but you should see motherboard reviews in 1 to 2 months.
AMD will make headlines later this month with R600. But I wouldn't expect reviews to be in PCF until May, maybe June.
The reason there hasn't been much AMD stuff in the mag lately is for the exact reasons you've discussed here - they are very, very quiet. Even liaising with their PR people specifically to dig up the dirt on anything worth talking about has yielded very little of interest to the enthusiast market.
The most interesting thing we've come across lately is the FX-74 processor (a review of which is coming up in the April edition, just don't get your hopes up that it's the Next Best Thing), but even that was a UK review which we used as getting hold of actual FX-74s has thus far not proved possible. Keeping the magazine up to date with all the latest hardware when it is not always available here is harder than you think...
AMD also released a 6000+ recently, but its value is highly debatable. There's just nothing exciting happening, and it looks like we're going to have to wait for the next-gen stuff in order to get excited about AMD again.
I've been an AMD fan since the old K2 days, I've used (and abused) their processors over the years in ways which I am sure their designers never intended, but at the moment, they just don't provide as much value as Intel's Core 2 chips do. My loyalties have shifted from rooting for the underdog to rooting for whoever is able to deliver the best performance for the best price, and right now that crown is definitely on Intel's head.
On the issue of unbalanced coverage, I admit, there has been a dearth of AMD motherboards in the reviews pages (simply because nothing has changed too much on that front) and that will be rectified in the coming months for those of you who are interested in what's out there (just not April, sorry guys!).
So, we're listening, and taking your views into consideration. I sincerely hope the rest of the year is going to yield amazing advances from AMD, and that the CPU war will once again heat up, allowing us to do some decent comparisons and satisfy both camps that we're doing all we can to bring you all the goings-on in the hardware world.
